i66 The Apples of New York. 



PORTER 



References, i. Kenrick, 1832:27. 2. Mag. Hori., 1:363. 1835. 3- Man- 

 ning, 1838:51. 4 lb., Mag. Hort., 7:48. 1841. 5. Downing, 1845:92. fig. 

 6. Floy-Lindley, 1846:411 app. 7. Horticulturist, 1:196, 256. 1846. 8. 

 Hovey, Mag. Hort., 14:116. 1848. fig. 9. Cole, 1849:107. fig. 10. Thomas 

 1849:157. fig. II. Waring, 1851:28. 12. Barry, 1851:285. 13. Emmons 

 Nat. Hist. X. v., 3:37. 1851. col. pi. No. 27 and fig. 14. Hovey, 1:43 

 1851. col. pi and fig. 15. Horticulturist, 7:217. 1852. 16. Am. Pom. Soc 

 Cat., 1852. 17. Elliott, 1854:98. 18. Hooper, 1857:71. 19. Gregg, 1857:47 

 fig. 20. Warder, 1867:673. fig. 21. Fitz, 1872:153, 162. 22. Leroy, 1873 

 580. fig. 23. Downing, 1881:11, 12 index, app. 24. Rural X. ¥., 47:713 

 1888. 25. Wickson, 1889 :243. 26. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890 :296 

 27. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:246. 28. Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui. 

 45:336. 1896. 29. Waugh, P't. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:303. 1901. 30. Budd- 

 Hansen, 1903:152. fig. 



Synonyms. Jennings (23). Porter (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 

 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30). Yellow Sum- 

 mer Pearmain {22). 



This fruit is of very fine dessert quality. It is also highly 



esteemed for canning and other culinary uses, because when it is 



cooked it is not only excellent in quality but it retains its form 



remarkably well. The fruit is yellow, faintly marked with red, 



decidedly attractive for an apple of its class. It does not stand 



shipping very well because the skin is rather tender and readily 



shows marks of handling. Since it is quite variable in its season 



of ripening there is apt to be considerable loss from dropping unless 



more than one picking is made. It varies in size from large to 



small, with a considerable percentage of the crop undersized or 



otherwise unmarketable. The tree is vigorous, compact, hardy, 



comes into bearing early and is a pretty reliable biennial cropper. 



Fifty years ago it was the principal September apple in the Boston 



market fi, 3, 5, 9, 18, 19), and in spite of the fact that it is not 



red it continues to sell well in that market (29). It is also in good 



demand in many local markets. It is desirable for planting for 



home use or for some local markets, but generally it is not regarded 



as a profitable commercial variety by Xew York fruit growers. 



Historical. Originated about 1800 with Rev. Samuel Porter, Sherburne, 

 Mass. (i, 3, 5, 14), and up to about 1850 its cultivation was confined prin- 

 cipally to the vicinity of its origin. It gradually became very widely known 

 and has become well disseminated in many of the more important apple- 

 growing regions of the country. Old trees of it are occasionally found in 

 New York orchards but it is now seldom planted here. 



